No matter what people may say, having a son is plenty different than having a daughter. To get girls into boy stuff, you have to guide them and lead them and it's a lot more work. It's great just having him like various things on his own, naturally, and I can just provide a support role to make him more knowledgable or like something more than he already does. Boys gravitate to boy stuff. You can make pinewood derby cars with girls, too, but the experience won't be the same-- but it can be done.

We had twin girls last year and they are great. It's definitely more fun to have girls when they are babies. The clothes options are much cuter. If you are going to have to be involved in making shopping decisions (you will be out with your wife most all the time when she's doing stuff like shopping because twins are MUCH harder than singletons, and even if she wanted to do stuff alone, it's not considerate to let her do it-- besides the fact that being so tired and overwhelmed will increase the likelihood that she'll be short with you later), there are millions more options for baby girls than baby boys and it's not as boring as clothes shopping for baby boys.

If either of ours is a boy, I'm afraid of what my clothes options will be. I care more about the welfare of Kim Jong Il than I care about any sport, and it seems like little boy clothes are almost always sports themed.

I will, of course, support the kids in any endeavor they wish to pursue. But I dread the day they want to play baseball or, God forbid, soccer.